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The Eye of Sauron: NJIT: News: See Amazing New Sun Images From NJIT’s Big Bear Solar Observatory
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Bright Star
I liked the look, the performances and many moments of Bright Star but overall it was all rather (and not surprisingly) predictable.
I did discover a major new star who was only 17 at the time of filming: Topper the cat!
He was such a scene stealer and clearly dearly loved by Ben Whishaw and Abbie Cornish. Topper's finest moment was trying to catch a butterfly only for Abbie Cornish to stop him ("No, Topper!") and for Kerry Fox to hold onto him while they carried on acting a fabulous scene. The only thing that gave them away was Cornish's Australian accent slipping through in her pronunciation of Topper.
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“No, but he’s renting it.”
Mad Men – "The Rejected"
What a cracking episode of Mad Men. It was most satisfying and had me directing two thumbs up towards Allison in her tremendous confrontation with Don ("I don't say this easily but you are not a good person").
It had absolutely everything from the ensemble cast including fabulous dialogue, hilarious scenes, heartbreaking scenes and great character moments.
Loved Joyce ("sweetheart") and loved her even more when I found out she was Lindsay Crouse's daughter (Zosia Mamet). Her scenes were very funny and managed to make Peggy less awful than usual because her scene with Allison was spot on in showing her cluelessness with people.
The scene as Peggy and Pete's eyes meet each other as they both acknowledge they are truly happy going their separate ways was lovely. Pete is comfortable and very successful as part of the old guard while Peggy is looking for fun and excitement with the bright young people of the future.
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30 Days of Buffy: Day 30
Day 30 – What you think made Buffy so great?
Well, it could be Joss Whedon who created it and wrote the majority of my favourite episodes.
Or it could be because it was funny, serious, silly, sexy, annoying, clever, frivolous, exciting, thoughtful, thought provoking and other such things.
It could be because the cast was great most especially Sarah Michelle Gellar.
Or it could be because of Buffy, Joyce, Cordelia, Willow, Amy, Harmony, Jenny, Kendra, Drusilla, Faith, Anya, Maggie Walsh, Halfrek, Tara, Dawn, Glory, Kennedy, and many more. A host of varied and interesting women, that's what made Buffy the Vampire Slayer so great.
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Sherlock: The Blind Banker – some notes
If this had been the first one, would have I watched the second? The answer is no.
It made no sense (why the graffiti? why were these Chinese people using A to Zs? why was that Chinese circus act so poorly attended?), it was nonsensical (the doctor who whacked somebody on the head made no attempt to overturn her chair when her life depended on it and even Holmes never thought of knocking her over) and it failed to update 19th century attitudes into something less, um, stereotyped.
The doctor must have fancied Watson a lot to put up with him falling asleep at work when sick people needed to see him and with him yelling he wanted to get off with her in a desperate sort of way.
The two leads are still fine in their roles but Sherlock needs to stop treating that mortuary woman like shit.
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30 Days of Buffy: Day 29
Day 29: Episode You Hate That Everyone Else Loves
I know that I am Ms over-sensitive at times but the use of the word hate when dislike is the word required bugs me. The overuse of misogyny when sexism would be a good enough word is also galling because it robs the m word of its true meaning and power.
Anyway, back to my list of Buffy episodes and I'll look for a top twenty episode because I can't imagine not liking anything from the top ten. Stop. I'm going to cheat myself and go for a top thirty episode because I have just spied "The Prom" at #25. (I'm almost tempted to go for #33 because that's "Amends" and that's pretty close to matching "The Prom").
This is all a bit stream of consciousness and since I have just read my old comments about these episodes I'm going to call it a tie.
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30 Days of Buffy: Day 28
Day 28: Character You Love to Hate
Professor Walsh’s own description: “The Evil Bitch-Monster of Death” says it all really.
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30 Days of Buffy: Day 26
Day 26: Favourite Scooby Moment
This is barmy. There are hundreds of great Scooby moments. Even if you pare it down to the core four that is a lot of moments.
However, the scene in “Doppelgangland” comes to mind when the others think Willow has been turned into a vampire and she turns up is very funny. And Andy is right: “Hush” is also fab.
The scene in Sunnydale High School before the final battle as all four talk and depart is a great moment.
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